Prevalence of self-reported allergic rhinitis in eleven major cities in China

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-57

  Zhang, Luo ^a,b   Han, Demin ^a,b   Huang, Dan ^b   Wu, Yangfeng ^c   Dong, Zhen ^d   Xu, Geng ^e   Kong, Weijia ^f   Bachert, Claus ^g  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Epidemiology; Intermittent allergic rhinitis; Persistent allergic rhinitis; Self reported rhinitis; Underdiagnosis, rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449088891     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000176306     Document Type: Article

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